Quill
Excellent post. Must agree 100%, well said
My concern is what happens in the interim period. RW has done a good job. He did that using his long experience in aviation generally, and the experience of 10 years running eJ as a succesful low cost operator in the european market place.
I don't see to many individuals with that kind of experience / expertise leaping out of the woodwork to replace him. So what happens in interim period as whoever the new person ends up being, "learns the trade". The group of "managers" you correctly identify have massive potential for cockup's.